{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-15-3f-5","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 15-3F-5","heading":"Activation of Purple Alert.","body":"The following criteria shall be met before the State Police activate the Purple Alert:\n(1) The person is believed to have a cognitive impairment;\n(2) The person is believed to be missing, regardless of circumstance;\n(3) An individual who has knowledge that the person is missing has submitted a missing person’s report to the State Police or other appropriate law-enforcement agency;\n(4) The missing person may be in danger of death or serious bodily injury;\n(5) The missing person is domiciled or believed to be located in the State of West Virginia;\n(6) The missing person is, or is believed to be, at a location that cannot be determined by an individual familiar with the missing person, and the missing person is incapable of returning to his or her residence without assistance;\n(7) There is sufficient information available to indicate that a Purple Alert would assist in locating the missing person; and\n(8) The missing cognitively impaired person does not qualify for a Silver Alert or a Missing Endangered Child Alert.","path":["CHAPTER 15. PUBLIC SAFETY.","ARTICLE 3F. PURPLE ALERT PLAN."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/15-3F-5/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:22:48Z","sha256":"fb7ed9fee2ad6103e11a29619183c4c762b49a2d760fa5f9a8ee23b532b9a53f","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-15-3f-4","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-15-3f-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}